IDCDC’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. IDCDC’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
Iranian history and historiography
Iran in world history (survey)
Iran’s history from Elam to the present, told through its peoples, empires, faiths and ideas.
- Levels
- Foundations
- Study time
- 30 h
- Wave
- 1
- Status
- Outline drafted
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In context
- Contested subject This subject is contested. Every side is shown with its sources, and nothing here endorses a position.
How this course handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Nature and history in Iran (2025). Lion and the Sun. DOI 10.5040/9780755634873.ch-001
- R Davari, R Afhami (2014). Book Review of History of Sculpture in Iran. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3371683
- Marek Olbrycht (2019). Historia Iranu / A History of Iran. figshare. DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.8307533
- MASSIMILIANO VASSALLI (2026). The Literary History of the Zoroastrians in Iran. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23483680
- Elham Bazdar, Bonnie Bozorg, Fatemeh Ayoobi et al. (2020). Correlation Between Suicide Attempts and a History of Childhood Abuse in Adults Referring to the Toxicity Emergency Units of Yazd City, Iran. Hospital Practices and Research. DOI 10.34172/hpr.2020.05
Perspectives and disputes
Contested subjects show every side with sources. Nothing here endorses a position.
A map of the main positions, each with its own sources, is in preparation.
01About this course
- Who it is for
- Anyone, including second-generation learners and non-Iranian partners.
- Format
- Self-paced online with recorded lectures and readings.
- Study time
- About 30 hours, estimated
- Before you start
- Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
- Discipline
- Iranian history and historiography
02What you will be able to do
- Describe the main periods of Iranian history in order.
- Explain how Iran’s peoples, languages and faiths shaped one another.
- Read a primary source critically.
- Recognise where histories are contested and why.
03Modules
- 01
Before Persia
Elam and the early Iranian plateau.
- 02
Empires of antiquity
Achaemenids, Parthians and Sasanians.
- 03
Islam and the Persianate world
Conquest, conversion and the Persian renaissance.
- 04
Turks, Mongols and Safavids
Dynasties, migration and the making of modern Iran.
- 05
Qajars to Pahlavis
Constitutional revolution, oil and modernisation.
- 06
Revolution and after
1979 to today, with every side’s sources.
04Assessment and completion
A source commentary and an end-of-course quiz.
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
- It shows
- You finished the course and its assessment.
- Scope
- This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
- Validity
- A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
- Not an endorsement
- Completion does not mean IDCDC endorses you, your work or your views.
- Charter roles
- Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.
05Your progress
Lessons, completion and your course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role., kept for you.
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- Published when the course opens
- Course achievement
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- Learning credits
- 30 on completion
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06Who teaches it
Teachers are named here when the course opens.
Course lead
Forming
A teacher of the subject, named here when the course opens.
- Outline review
- A A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, toolkits and the field itself; the charter calls it a College. in the Academy reviews the outline before teaching starts.
- Capstone review
- A screened reviewer accepts each A sequence of courses for a purpose, ending in a capstone; it leads to a completion record, not a qualification. capstone.
- Teach with us
- Offer to teach or review this course
07Pathways that include it
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Heritage Learner (teen)
Teens of the second and third generation
08Further reading
Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.
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2025 · Lion and the Sun
OtherOpenAlexCrossref
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Book Review of History of Sculpture in Iran
R Davari, R Afhami · 2014 · Zenodo
ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Historia Iranu / A History of Iran
Marek Olbrycht · 2019 · figshare
BookDataCiteOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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The Literary History of the Zoroastrians in Iran
MASSIMILIANO VASSALLI · 2026 · Zenodo
OtherZenodoOpen accessCC-ZERO
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Elham Bazdar, Bonnie Bozorg, Fatemeh Ayoobi et al. · 2020 · Hospital Practices and Research
ArticleDOAJOpen access
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence), 2026-10-23.
09Record
Every course is a public good. Its record follows the charter’s publication rules.
- Version
- 0.1, draft outline
- Review
- Pending review by the responsible Community of practice
- Handling
- Public
- Provenance
- Drafted from the platform’s research dossier for scholarly review
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Corrections
- Report an error
- Use
- Do not use this course or its completion to imply endorsement or political standing.
Cite this page
- APA
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Iran in world history (survey). iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/iran-in-world-history-survey/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Iran in World History (Survey).” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/iran-in-world-history-survey/.
- BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_learn_catalogue_iran_in_world_history_survey, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Iran in world history (survey)}, url = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/iran-in-world-history-survey/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/iran-in-world-history-survey/}, }- RIS
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